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Mark Warburton’s men welcome QPR to the City Ground this weekend in their final match before the latest international break, and they will be looking to put Tuesday night’s defeat at Reading behind them.

Steve Claridge has questioned whether former Reds boss Steve Cotterill is the right man to manage Birmingham.

“I don’t know if Steve Cotterill is the right man for Birmingham City. It’s an appointment which went against the grain,” Claridge told bwin.

“He’s had some good periods and some not-so-good periods in his career.

“He was obviously Harry Redknapp’s assistant and has now found himself in charge, he will consider himself fortunate to have been in situ at the time the club needed a new manager and it’s a fantastic opportunity if he does well.

“He’s obviously aware of the capabilities of the players already at the club and I would imagine that he would have said to the owners ‘there is no need to go and spend another lot of money replacing them’, which someone who had come in cold might ask for.”

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Ian Holloway hopes QPR can pick up their first away win of the season at Forest tomorrow.

“(As well as Tuesday) we had a big win last Saturday, but let’s see if we can get a win on the road on Saturday because that’s where our problems lie at the minute,” said the 54-year-old.

“Can we get that out of our mentality and say we can win away from home? It’s about believing.”

“Hopefully we can now follow it (the two home wins) up with another good away performance,” he added.

“The last two have been very good. If you can nick a point away from home and win at home, (you can) get on a run and get going.

“Let’s see if we can get on a run of games where we don’t get beat, which would be nice, but we have to earn that right and this division is so tough.”

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Reds Under-23s keeper Liam Bossin was on the end of a late challenge for the Under-23s, forcing him to leave the game in a makeshift sling.

Liam Bossin is caught late by Barnsley's Jacob Brown and lands awkwardly, forcing him off with his arm wrapped in his shirt and the referee blew the full time whistle (Image: Dan Westwell)

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Nottingham Forest's Ben Osborn pulls a goal back to make it 3-1 (Image: Dan Westwell)

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Our Friday web chat is happening right now, and we’re going a little earlier than normal as we’re off to see Chris Cohen and Danny Fox, along with covering the Reds U23 side this afternoon at Barnsley.